Again, I love the pics Kirby.
One thing I would emphasize is that (at least in my experience) is that those yotes standing or bedded out in the open bean or alfalfa fields are the rare exception. 90% of the ones we find bedded in open areas are backed up against something, be it a terrace, fencerow, snow drift, something or anything, but rarely laying in the wide open. Reds, on the other hand, seem to prefer the wide open fields. Again, I think its because they are paranoid of yotes sneaking up on them in cover.
Kirby, does that jive with your findings as well?
BTW Kirby, about 15-20 years ago, I was traivaling through your area and saw a guy dressed in whites, parked on the side of HWY 146 south of LeGrand, with a spotter hanging out the window (an old Leupold fixed power if I remember right). It was notable because that wasnt a common sighting at the time, now I wonder if it was you? It was back before I started hunting this way, but funny how us hunters remember that kind of thing.